6.04.2014

EMERGENCY EVENT ALERT: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY - BE IN IT!!

-->By Gloria Dulan-Wilson Hello ALL:

2014, as I keep
reiterating, is a pivotal year - not one to be viewed from the
sidelines, or a wait and see posture; but one where we have to be
involved up to our hair lines; especially if we want to see all the
things we worked so hard for and voted for to bear fruit. I'm reposting this from PFAW = PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY - they ae hosting a call in today for an upcoming senate briefing to get Citizens United Repealed. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with that little gem that was imposed upon us by the Subprime Court - it's the one that says that corporations are the same as human beings, and therefore can donate as much money as they want to a political campaign. It's the same subprime court that has tried to reverse our right as citizens to vote; and also gave major corporations the right to imminent domain regardless of what the purpose of building the property was, without your right to recourse, or even equitable compensation.PFAW has gathered 422,000 signatures thus far - which is ridiculous when you consider how many people the Citizens United law has harmed - that should be ten times the amount. I highly recommend - urge - that you be a part of the call this afternoon, and the cause going forward. One thing about it - if we do what we're supposed to do with voter registration, petitions, campaigning, and keeping our neighbors and each other informed, in the loop, involved and on the case, we will have major victories on our hands all over the US; we definitely won't be bored, and we can begin to breathe a sigh of relief that President Obama now has the majority and the backing he needs to go forward in helping restabilize this country - therefore us - individually and collectively.

STAY BLESSED

Gloria Dulan-Wilson

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Michael Keegan, People For the American Way <alerts@pfaw.org> wrote:

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PFAW and allies deliver more than two million petition signature at
today's hearing. Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy pointed out
the petitions during his statement, calling them "a tangible reminder
that Americans are calling on Congress to act."

Today’s
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a constitutional amendment to
help end the dominance of big money in our elections was big. Our side
did great, and you were well represented.

PFAW and
ally organizations delivered petition signatures from more than two
million Americans in support of an amendment. More than 422,000 of
those were from PFAW activists like you, who have signed either our
petition specifically supporting Senate Joint Resolution 19 or one of
our other actions calling for an amendment more generally.

State Senator Floyd B. McKissick, Jr. of North Carolina testified about what has happened in his state in the wake of Citizens United,
showing it to be a case study in why we must urgently address the
problem of money in politics. And law professor and Maryland State
Senator Jamie Raskin -- who is also a senior fellow here at PFAW --
provided example after example of why the Supreme Court’s majority has
been so wrong in decisions like Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United and McCutcheon, and why limits on election spending comport completely with the letter and spirit of the First Amendment.

Of course,
many of the Right’s distortions and straw man arguments were also on
display -- especially from Senator Ted Cruz on the committee and, in
his testimony, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

But
before I go any further, I must urge you to join us tomorrow, at 1pm
Eastern Time, for our special member telebriefing with Senator Tom
Udall, the chief sponsor of SJ Res 19.

The
framework of Senator Udall’s SJ Res 19 is providing the starting point
for the amendment we will ultimately pass to save our democracy. We are
so glad he’ll be able to join us tomorrow for this call and I really
hope you’ll be with us as well.